Chrystal Ocean wrote:
> This is one of the most absurd headlines I've ever seen. 
>
> Tsunami dealt mental health blows to survivors.
> Last Updated Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:12:26 EDT
> CBC News
>
> Children and adults who survived a tsunami in Thailand showed higher rates
> of mental health problems up to nine months after the disaster, researchers
> found...
>
> Frits van Griensven of the Thailand Ministry of Public Health and colleagues
> with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control studied mental health problems and
> post-traumatic stress disorder among tsunami survivors... Symptoms of PTSD,
> anxiety and depression were linked to loss of livelihood...
>
> Full article:
> http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/08/01/tsunami-mental.html
>
> -------
>
> Well knock me down with a feather, but why are sane people being labelled as
> disordered for reacting sanely to an insane situation? Perhaps because it
> keeps the psychiatric and 'disordered' industry (pun intended) in business?
> --Ocean
>   
It would appear that Big Pharma is about to exploit a lucrative new 
market.....

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